WWII transport plane will return to Normandy with original paratrooper

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press• Pilot Naomi Wadsworth is seen March 6 with a World War II-era Douglas C-47, housed at the National Warplane Museum in Geneseo, N.Y. At the invitation of the French government, the airplane will return to France in June to participate in celebrations marking the 70th anniversar...

GENESEO, N.Y.—The next time the American military transport plane known as Whiskey 7 drops its paratroopers over Normandy, France, it will be for a commemoration instead of an invasion....